Psychological diagnosis and gender analysis of teenagers’ addiction propensity

We consider the current issue of teenagers’ attitude to psychoactive substances. A comprehensive study of the value relationship of teenagers to psychoactive substances and the motivation for their use is necessary. The teenagers development crisis leads to a drop in academic performance, a decrease in working capacity, negativism, alienation, ambivalence of feelings and much more, it is noted that the demonstrative “adulthood” of teenagers, their acute experience of the discrepancy between the external and internal worlds often lead them to behavioral transformations aimed at remaking reality for themselves. Based on the types of deviations characterized in psychology, we analyze the causes of chemical addiction. In the course of the study, we identify the main reasons that encourage teenagers to try drugs and consider the age differentiation of the reasons. The main motives of alcohol consumption by teenagers are determined. The results of the study were analyzed by gender of the respondents, and the peculiarities of the attitude to psychoactive substances and persons who use the above substances were noted. We present an expert assessment of the risk of teenagers’ dependence on psychoactive substances, given by schoolteachers, and identify the main causes that affect the risk of developing addiction. We note the necessity of conducting psychological preventive work with this group of respondents and the environment.

Features of Irrational Settings, Willful Self-Control, Compatible Behavior at Mothers of Chemical Addicts with Different Expression of Interdependence

The article describes the results of a study of the phenomenon of co-dependence in women with sons with chemical addiction. We studied the presence and severity of irrational beliefs, the level of volitional self-control and its components (perseverance, self-control), as well as coping strategies in mothers of chemical addicts. In the course of the study, we found that mothers with pronounced and moderately pronounced co-dependence have differences in the level of self-control, the severity of irrational beliefs and coping strategies.

Youth Educational Project “Student+”: Implementation Results

The article presents the results of the implementation of the Youth educational project “Student+” by the Russian Public Organization “Federation of Psychologists of Education of Russia” — the winner of the competitive selection of applications from socially oriented non-profit organizations for the grant of the Mayor of Moscow in 2019 in the category “Volunteering”. The “Student+” project was created with the aim of involving university and college students in volunteer activities aimed at preventing negative phenomena in the youth environment, including primary prevention of chemical addiction among student youth. The main principle of the implementation of the prevention of drug addiction and alcoholism among students, implemented in the Project “Student+”, is the principle “an equal teaches an equal”, which involves special training of student volunteers in the design of preventive measures and scientific and methodological support during the implementation by students of copyright classes with the participation of peers. During the implementation period of the “Student+” Project (October 2019 — September 2020), a program of educational activities was developed and tested, aimed at developing skills in the field of primary prevention of illegal consumption of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the student environment; content of the program, including for distance learning (website студентплюс.рф); methodological recommendations for universities on the organization of primary prevention of illegal consumption of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the student environment, based on the principle “an equal teaches an equal”.

COMMUNICATIVE FEATURES OF PATIENTS WITH COMBINED ADDICTION ON HEROIN AND ALCOHOL

Introduction: chemical dependence on several narcotic or other psychoactive substances at the same time is called poly-drug addiction or complicated drug addiction, the terms "combined addiction" and "combined use" are also often used. It is believed that the simultaneous or alternating regular intake of various psychoactive substances has a more destructive effect on the body than depending on only one drug. In the narcological literature the various forms of combined use of alcohol and heroin were described. There are some data on the psychological characteristics of patients with such forms of addiction, the specifics of these patients in terms of personal readiness for rehabilitation. The aim of the study was to identify the features of interpersonal relations and individual-personal specificity in the field of such relations in patients with heroin-alcohol polydrug addiction. Materials and methods: the Study has been conducted on a sample of 25 patients aged 28 to 50 years using four psychodiagnostic techniques. Tests were used: "Individual typological questionnaire of L.N. Sobchik " (ITO), "Questionnaire of interpersonal relations of A. Rukavishnikov" (OMO), "Diagnosis of interpersonal relations of T. Leary" (DMO), "Diagnosis of interference in the establishment of emotional contacts of V. Boyko". Results: it has been found that heroin and alcohol addicts in the communicative sphere are aggressive, deceitful, tend to dominate, although they retain the need to be accepted by others. Discussion and Conclusions: the obtained data confirm the literature data about more aggressiveness of polynarcomania in the comparison with mononarcomania. The tendency to aggression in interpersonal relations can be attributed to destructive, pathological and socially dangerous features of heroin and alcohol poly-drug addiction. Drug addicts of the studied form are dangerous for others and create communication problems for people forced to communicate with them. A generalizing conclusion is made that heroin-alcohol poly-drug addiction is a source of social destructiveness, and patients with this type of chemical addiction are carriers of this destructiveness.

The family strengths in the context of psychoactive substance dependence

Objective: To apprehend the perception of relatives of psychoactive substances dependents about their facilitating strengths to deal positively with the adversities from this context. Method: Qualitative and descriptive study developed between July/2016 and August/2017 at Psychosocial Care Center Alcohol and Drugs of a city on the countryside of São Paulo, through a semi-structured interview for data collection. Eight family members of chemical addicted participate. The interviews were recorded by audio, transcribed and analyzed by content analyze technique, thematic category. Results: The relatives recognized that their facilitating strengths permeated through the religiosity and spirituality, beliefs systems, support from the specialized mental health service support and of friendship, whilst social support network. The strengths also depended on the cohesion and assertive communication of the family. Conclusion: The facilitating strengths recognized by relatives help them deal positively with adversities in the chemical addiction context, strengthening the familiar resilience.